Paper-binder.



N o.884,409. PATENTED APR.14, 1908.

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No. 884,409. PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

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PAPER BINDER APPLICATION FILED JULY 19. 1907.

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CECIL CLEMENT NEWSON-SMITH, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

PAPER-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed. July 19, 1907. Serial No. 384:,657.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CECIL CLEMENT NEW- SON-SMITH, a subject of the King of the British Dominions, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Paper-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object, to provide a cover suitable for binding music sheets, newspapers, pattern-sheets and similar objects cheaply and securely, without the use of thread and stitches or of special tools.

The improved device is composed of a sheet of paper, cardboard or other suitable material combining the necessary strength, lightness and flexibility, so as to serve as a cover, and one or more strips of paper or other flexible material which is or are fixed to the cover, so as to serve as a hinge or hinges for the object tobe bound.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cover and a pair of hinges embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan of a hinge, Figs. 3 to 5 illustrate the manner of using the invention.

The material forming the cover a is folded and creased along the center line b, and at a suitable distance or distances from the topand bottom-edge of the cover a pair of hinges c, c are fixed across the crease or fold by means of metallic staples d or other suitable means. The hinges are made of paper or other suitable flexible material, preferably in the shape shown in the drawing, viz: They are composed of a rectangular main part forming a right and a left wing, and provided with a pair of wedge-shaped tongues d, d, separated from the main part by a line of perforations, so that they can be easily torn off. The face or up or surface of the ton ues d is gummed, and t 1e reverse or lower sic e of the main part c is also gummed, so that when the hinges have been sta led to the cover a, the tongues d need only e moistened for gumming them together. A slit of the width of the hinge is made in the fold or middle of the newspaper or other article or articles to be bound, the upper hinge is pushed through the same, and a similar operation takes place with the other hinge or hinges, a separate slit being made for each hinge. The tongues d are then torn off along the perforations, the gum on the reverse side of c is moistened, and the wings or hinges are stuck down upon the object g, thus completing the operation of binding. Any number of hinges may be used, so that more than one newspaper or other article canbe bound in the same cover, and instead of gum, other suitable adhesive substance may be applied to the hinges.

In the sectional diagrams Figs. 3 to 6, illustrating the manner of using the new paper binder, Fig. 3 is a section through the binder before use, Fig. 4 shows the tongues d gummed together and the object 9 to be bound placed in front of the binder, after a slit it has been made in the same, Fig. 5 shows the object in place, after the tongues d and Wings 0 have been passed through the slit h. Fig. 6 shows the object 9 lying on the cover a and the wings c gummed down upon the object g, whereby the binding is completed.

What I claim is 1. A paper binder consisting of a flexible cover folded in the middle and a flexible strip extending across the fold, the said strip being fixed to the cover along the fold only, so as to form a right and left hand wing adapted to turn on the fold independently of the cover, and the underside of the wings bein coated with adhesive substance, substantialIy as described.

2. A aper binder consisting of a flexible cover foliled in the middle and a flexible strip placed across the fold of the cover and having at each end a wedge-shaped tongue perforated at its base, the said strip being fixed to the cover along the fold so as to form a right and left hand wing adapted to turn on the fold, and the tongues of the two wings being gummed together, substantially as described.

3. A paper binder consisting of a flexible cover folded in the middle and a plurality of flexible strips placed across the fold of the cover and having at each end a wedgeshaped tongue perforated across its base, each strip being fixed to the cover along the fold, so as to form a right and left hand wing adapted to turn on the fold like a hinge, substantially as described. 1

In testimony whereof I have set my hand hereunto in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CECIL CLEMENT NEWSON-SMITH.

Witnesses:

MArTHIAs GARDNER, GUs'rAvE G. (3110s. 

